Midterm Exam
Date: 06-May-2023
Subject: Electric Circuit 1 Course Code: Batch: Six Semester: Six
Name:________________________________________________ ID No__________
Question 1 (50 Marks):
1. Determine the color bands for each of the following 4-band resistors. Assume each has a 5%
tolerance a) 0.47 Ω b) 270 K Ω c) 5.1 M Ω. 5 marks
Ans (a) yellow, violet, silver, gold (b) red, violet, yellow, gold (c) green, brown, green, gold
2. Determine the resistance and tolerance of each of the following 5-band resistors: (a) red, gray,
violet, red, brown (b) blue, black, yellow, gold, brown (c) white, orange, brown, brown, brown. 5
Ans a) R = 28700 ohms ±1% (b) 60.4 ohms±1% (c) 9310 ohms±1%
3. Determine the color bands for each of the following 5-band resistors. Assume each has a 1%
tolerance. A) 14.7 KΩ (b) 39.2 Ω (c) 9.76 KΩ. 5
Ans (a) brown, yellow, violet, red, brown (b) orange, white, red, gold, brown (c) white, violet, blue,
brown, brown
4. What resistance is indicated by 4K7? 5
Ans 4.7 kΩ
5. A variable voltage source is connected to the circuit of Figure 1. Start at 0 V and increase. the 10
voltage in 10 V steps up to 100 V. Determine the current at each voltage point, and plot a graph
of V versus I. Is the graph a straight line? What does the graph indicate?
Figure 1
Ans The graph is a straight line, indicating a linear relationship between V and I
6. A 4-band resistor is connected across the terminals of a 25 V source. Determine the current in
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the resistor if the color code is yellow, violet, orange, silver.
Ans 532 mA
7. A small solar cell is connected to a resistor. In bright sunlight, the solar cell looks like a
current source that can supply to the resistor. What is the voltage across the resistor? 5
Ans full marks aan siino ardeyda us, suaasha ayaan dhamaystirnayn.
8. A 56 resistor is connected across the terminals of a 1.5 V battery. What is the power dissipation
in the resistor? 5
Ans 40.2 mW
9. Five resistors are in series with a 20 V source. The voltage drops across four of the resistors are
1,5 V, 5.5 V, 3 V, and 6 V. How much voltage is dropped across the fifth resistor? 5
Ans 4 V
Question 2(50 Marks):
1. What is the difference between direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC)? 5
Ans Direct current (DC) is a type of electrical current that flows in one direction, from the positive
to the negative terminal of a power source. DC voltage is constant and does not change over time.
Alternating current (AC), on the other hand, is a type of electrical current that changes direction
periodically, usually in a sinusoidal pattern
2. Draw a diagram of a voltage divider circuit consisting of two resistors in series, and calculate the
output voltage if the input voltage is 12 volts, R1 = 10 ohms, and R2 = 20 ohms.10
3. What is Kirchhoff's voltage law? 5
Ans Kirchhoff's voltage law, also known as KVL, states that the sum of the voltage drops (or rises)
in a closed loop circuit must be equal to the sum of the voltage sources in that loop. In other words,
the total voltage around any closed loop in a circuit must be zero
4. What is a voltage divider circuit? 5
Ans: Votage drop across any given resisor in a series circuit is equal to the ration of that resistor to the
total resistance multiplied by source voltage.
5. Determine the voltage between points A and B in each voltage divider of Figure 2 10
Figure 2
Ans:
6. Determine the voltage at each point with respect to ground in Figure 3
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Figure 3
Ans: VA = 100 V, VB = 57.7 V, VC = 15.2 V, VD = 7.58 V
7. If there are 10 V across R1 in Figure 4, what is the voltage across each of the other resistors?
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Figure 4
Ans: VR = 6 V, V2R = 12 V, V3R = 18 V, V4R = 24 V, V5R = 30 V
